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Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

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ALBERT R. PRITCHARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EXTENSION WASTE-BASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

Application filed November 13, 1917. Serial No. 201,727.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT R. PRITCHARI), a citizen of the United States, and residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county and State of New York, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Extension Waste-Baskets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a waste basket and has as its principal object the provision of simple means whereby the size of the waste basket may be increased to accommodate an increasing amount of material, and whereby the size may be decreased when desired.

Further objects of my invention will appear to those skilled in the art from the fol lowing specification and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a waste basket embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a partial sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the separate views the same part is designated by the same reference character.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 is a base of sheet metal or other suitable material having a bottom 2, the sides of the base having an interleaved joint with the part 2, said joint forming a convenient support for the portion 1. The sides of the base 1 are shown as pressed g1; stamped to give the effect of panels such as 3. At the upper edge of the portion 1, I provide an out-turned head 4 forinin a ring around the upper horizontal edge 0 the base 1.

Surrounding the base portion 1 is an extension portion or top 5 which is cut or slotted from the lower edge thereof upwardly along parallel vertical lines as shown at 6, the lines 6 running nearly but not quite to the upper edge of the part 5. The slots or cuts 6 consequently form downwardly projecting fingers 7 and owing to the resilient character of the material of which the part 5 is preferably made, the fingers can be sprung out from their normal position relative to the base 1, shown in Fig. 2, and will s ring back again upon being released. It wil be seen also that I stamp or press into the fingers 7, a plurality of circumferential horizontal grooves such as 8, and it will be understood that When the part 5 is ad usted so that one of the grooves 8 is at the level of the bead 4 such groove will engage the bead and hold the part 5 in adusted position, but owing to the resiliency of the fingers 7 the part 5 can be pushed up or down as desired so that the head 4 will move from one groove 8 to the next. By having one of the grooves 8 at the lower edge of the top or upper portion 5, and another groove 8 near the upper end, the eflective height of the waste basket may be varied an amount equal practically to the height of the part 5. As shown, the diameter of the part 5 is such that it may be adjusted so that it rests on the floor surroundin the part 1.

aving thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A waste basket comprising a base portion and an upper portion associated therewith, one of said portions having a plurality of vertically spaced recesses and the other portion having a complemental surface for engaging any one of said first mentioned recesses and thereby holding said portions in adjusted position, and one of said portions being expansible and contractible in the horizontal direction.

2. A waste basket comp-rising a base portion provided with a head at its upper edge and an upper portion associated therewith, said upper portion being expansible and contractihle in the horizontal direction, and having a plurality of circumferential grooves therein for engaging said head, whereby said portions may be held in adjusted position.

3. A waste basket comprising a base portion and an upper portion associated therewith, one of said portions having a bead thereon and the other being expansible and contractible in the horizontal direction and having a plurality of circumferential grooves therein for engaging said head whereby said portion may be held in adjusted position.

4. A waste basket comprising a base portion having an outwardly projecting head at its upper end and an up or portion of sheet material having cuts t erein running upward from the bottom thereof part way to the top and forming outwardly expan sible fingers, said fingers having a plurality of substantially horizontal grooves on the inner faces thereof for engaging said bead and for holding said upper portion in ad justed relation with said base portion.

5. A waste basket comprising a base portion and an upper portion associated therewith, one of said portions having a circumferential rib and the other portion having a plurality of circumferential grooves each adapted to engage said first mentioned rib and thereby holding said ortions in adjusted position, and one of said portions being expansible and eontraetible in the horizontal direction.

(3. A waste basket comprising a base portion and an upper portion associated therewith, one of said portions having a projecting bead, and the other having, a plurality oi? substantially horizontal grooves, eaeh adapted to cooperate with said bead, and one of said portions being of sheet material and having outs therein running from the end thereof, which is adjacent to the other portion, part way to the other end thereof, and forming fingers expansible and contractible in the horizontal direction.

ALBERT R. PRITCHARD.

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